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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
6
An advertisement extols Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for colds and grippe, claiming relief from headache fever sneezing and nasal congestion within doses taken every two hours up to three doses, noting it contains no quinine and costs 20 cents per package.
Funeral services will be held from the residence of her daughter Mrs W Uarkin on Friday afternoon conducted by Rev Robert Westenberg acting pastor of First Presbyterian Church where she was a member for 40 years. Interment will be in Fairview. A lost ad reports Dr J A Jerger missing last evening after losing his grip from his automobile on Broadway Conger or Logan avenue. A liberal reward offered for its return.
Miss Gladys Haddeman, 19, after a childhood fall left her ankle dislocated and crippled with paralysis. Surgeons at Pine Street Hospital performed bone realignment and muscle repair to restore strength. Present signs indicate she may walk within a month and regain health and vitality.
The Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church will host a Friday evening social at 8 o'clock at the pastor Rev. Dr. Robert C Westenberg's home on Independence Avenue. All Brotherhood members and ladies are invited to attend.
A vintage ad urges Cascarets for a morning cleanse. It claims the product cleanses the stomach, removes undigested food, reduces bile, and clears the bowels to improve mood and energy by morning, targeting headaches, sleeplessness, and nervousness with a simple nightly dose.
Two hundred Waterloo business men and manufacturers met at the Marsh Place building to address the Illinois Central strike. They urged support for workers returning to jobs and pledged financial and moral backing, drafting resolutions calling for unity and protection of old employees and publishing them in three Waterloo newspapers.
Curtain to rise at eight o'clock tomorrow evening for The Fortune Hunter at the Waterloo theater, beginning fifteen minutes earlier than the usual starts.
St Joseph Missouri October reports that painter Professor Joel Van Der Patch learned his daughter Lulu Bethel Millichamp was killed by her husband who then killed himself in Portland Oregon. The tragedy unfolded as she sat at a piano.
Mrs. Harry Conlin of Waterino spent Tuesday in the area. Des Moines visitor Carl Simpson stays with relatives. Sisters Mrs. John Lantz and Mrs. John Alexie attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Simpson in Charles City. Mrs. C Feickelberg and daughters Mary and Anna visited near Waverly. Geo. Geisler family spent Sunday with Fred Moore near Waverly. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Geisler hosted Fleming family from ins Soba Sunday.
The First Baptist choral union celebrated rally week with a social meeting after practice for 25 choir members and Rev. Valiant and trustees wives. A. C. Cole praised the choir and Mrs. J. A. Pinkerton, and H. F. Ficken, newly moved to Waterloo, praised choir membership. Mrs. Pinkerton thanked the board. light refreshments followed. Tonight features department night with talks on Men’s and Women’s Work. Tomorrow’s seniors’ fellowship lunch for members over 65. Majestic theatre offers feature week including Raymond midgets, Velda trio, Riggs and Gandy, Lark and Temple, Ellen and Clifton, Teddy Osbourne’s dog and monkey act.
At St Paul Minnesota October 19 the second day of a northwest bankers and agricultural experts conference opened at the St Paul hotel. Professor P G Holden superintendent at Ames Iowa was slated to speak.
Minneapolis dairymen report prizes for Holstein Friesians and Jersey cows at the Iowa Waterloo congress held September 14. John B. Irwin and Henry Webster of Minneapolis won multiple age herd and open exhibitor prizes. Pieterstie Maid Ormsby led family and butter fat awards, with notable gains in six day tests and the Stand Premier Exhibitors’ championship. A new show association with $25,000 capital was formed to make the event an annual affair, drawing about 30,000 attendees and 400 cattle from several states.
Webster City Freeman Tribune details a Kardin county hog lot where a farmer builds a cement wallow beside a sand pit to host pigs for dipping. Hogs bathe in the cemented wallow while workers are away, an arrangement described with a critical tone toward its practicality and hygiene.
Washington Oct 19 Tribute to the government employes is written in the annual report of Paymaster General Charles W H Whipple of the army in a plea for a salary increase and a retirement system when the employee reaches the age of 65. Citing a 50 percent rise in cost of living over the past 15 years without a matching rise in pay he says the increase is needed not as reward for past service but as a real necessity.
Florence Cline, ten, donated the first dollar toward a new Grace M. Mun church on Walnut and Fremont, placed yesterday in the cornerstone alongside relics from 1877. Spectator Mrs Phoebe A Schellenger, 80, recalls the earlier cornerstone and Turner hall conversion.
Bank clearings for the period reach 1 612 105 54 with daily totals ranging from 28 344 55 to 322 024 65 and year over year comparison at 1 158 970 20. Realty transfers show 48 deeds worth 832 590 79 32 mortgages 96 331 00 14 chattel mortgages 14 982 02 1 bill of sale 550 00 and 292 mortgage releases. total instruments to date 5 418 with a decrease of 219 from last year.
Oct. 19 report notes Aletha Rush was taken home after her arraignment for her husband’s murder. The jury’s verdict acquitted telephone operator Lulu Warner, whose alleged closeness with the station agent tied to the fatal quarrel. Photographs depict Mr Rush and Miss Warner, said to be on friendly terms with the agent.
The National Monetary Commission opened its first western sitting in Chicago today led by chairman Edward B. Vreeland. He expects the hearings to run two days and invites any public suggestions on monetary systems usable by the United States.
The sub-committee expects to visit St. Paul Omaha Denver Kansas City Des Moines and possibly San Francisco before returning to Washington. Sessions are open to the public.
Philadelphia October 19 Accused booster sold bogus tickets for today’s game at Shibe Park between the Athletics and Giants. Richard Anderson of New appears involved with the fraud and faces investigation by local police as crowds await admission amid the controversy.
York and Louis P. Greenberg of Boston are under arrest for allegedly delivering a satchel full of counterfeit tickets from New York and flooding the hotel district before detention. Mrs. Withey of Mason City, whose hand was crushed by a wagon tongue in M. H. Loomer’s auto, must have her thumb amputated though the remainder of the wound may be saved.
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